15 Quotes About Failure — Why Failing Is the Key to Success
Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of it. These quotes from people who failed their way to greatness will change how you see setbacks.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
Thomas Edison — on inventing the light bulb
"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
Robert F. Kennedy
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."
Henry Ford
"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone."
Johnny Cash
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Confucius
"I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."
Benjamin Franklin
"There is no failure except in no longer trying."
Elbert Hubbard
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
Truman Capote
"Fall seven times, stand up eight."
Japanese proverb (七転び八起き)